County Organization

County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Grundy County are kept, see the Grundy County Courthouse page.

Historical Facts

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The county is named after U.S. Attorney General Felix Grundy (1777-1840).[1]

Parent County

1841--Grundy County was created 17 February 1841 from La Salle County.County seat: Morris [2]

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Records and Resources

Biography

The Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois has a Grundy County edition. This includes a state history section along with a county history and biographies of Grundy County residents. See the wiki article for links to available copies and indexes.

Cemeteries

Illinois cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.

Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone. May give obituaries,names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.

The Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois has a Grundy County edition. This includes several sections on Grundy County churches. Explore both the township sections for local churches, and beginning on page 730 an overview of many churches found in Grundy County. See the wiki article for links to available copies and indexes.

Court Records

Original court records are held in the office of the Circuit Court Clerk. See Illinois Court Records for more information about using court records.

Illinois Public Land Purchase Records This record extract includes over 538,000 land sales from the 19th Century. Each entry includes the purchaser's name, purchase date, number of acres, price per acre, and in some cases the purchaser's sex and residence. Available at www.ancestry.com ($)

Indian Wars

Civil War

Civil War service men from Grundy County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Grundy County.

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

Probate Records

Original estates and wills are held in the office of the Circuit Court Clerk. See Illinois Probate Records for more information about using probate records.

Repositories

IRAD is a system of Illinois Regional Archives Depositories managed by the Illinois State Archives, housing the archival records of local Illinois counties, townships, municipalities and school districts. The seven Regional Depositories are housed on state university campuses scattered throughout Illinois. Illinois State University houses the records for Grundy County.

County Courthouse

County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Grundy County are kept, see the Grundy County Courthouse page.

Family History Centers

Family History Centers (FHCs) are branches of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah (United States) and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources to assist you in the research and study of your genealogy. Currently there are no Family History Centers located directly in Grundy County.

You may search your address for a center near you on the FamilySearch site. The following centers are located in surrounding counties. Their wiki pages may supply hours and other information.